Emma Lee
@emmalee1.bsky.social
đ€ 1953
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Poet, reviewer, short story writer based in Leicester, UK. No DMs unless I know you IRL.
Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland residents, please complete. The government want to remove 2 tier local authorities and replace with unitary authorities. Make sure you have your say:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Proposals for local government reorganisation in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-reorganisation-in-leicestershire-leicester-and-rutland/proposals-for-local-government-reorganisation-in-leicestershire-leicester-and-rutland
5 days ago
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My review of Mona Arshi's "Mouth"
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âMouthâ Mona Arshi (Chatto & Windus) â book review
Mona Arshi Mouth book cover A mouth is two things, a conduit for food or a means to communicate. Mona Arshiâs âMouthâ focuses on the latter, or rather how something that should be used for communicâŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/mouth-mona-arshi-chatto-windus-book-review/
6 days ago
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No harm done, but unnerved that someone took a cared-for cat to the vets calling her a "stray". Luckily she's microchipped & the vet reunited us. Now concerned about letting an outdoor cat be an outdoor cat.
7 days ago
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Another great curated list with thanks to
@davebonta.bsky.social
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8 days ago
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
14 days ago
This Saturday, get ready for an unforgettable evening with The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper in Southport! đ€ Featuring performances by
Jay Rafferty
,
Martin Kennedy Yates
, and hosted by
Alan Parry He/Him
Don't miss out!
#PoetryAndPints
#NorthWestWriters
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Another great curated list of poetry blogs with thanks to
@davebonta.bsky.social
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14 days ago
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My review of Bruce Spang's Twist:
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âTwistâ Bruce Parkinson Spang (Warren Publishing) â book review
Bruce Parkinson Spang Twist book cover âTwistâ is an evocative look at life through a lens of wisdom gained. Bruce Parkinson Spang celebrates the apparently ordinary with lyricism. He shows compassâŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/twist-bruce-parkinson-spang-warren-publishing-book-review/
20 days ago
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Another fab list of poetry blogs with thanks to
@davebonta.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
21 days ago
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Pleased to be on a shortlist in some excellent company with thanks to
@livecanon.bsky.social
www.livecanon.co.uk/competitions...
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Pamphlet Competition
Live Canon perform poetry, publish poetry and create poetry events.
https://www.livecanon.co.uk/competitions-and-opportunities/pamphlet-competition
22 days ago
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My review of Sue Forrester's Familiar Phantoms
@fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social
emmalee1.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/f...
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âFamiliar Phantomsâ Sue Forrester (Five Leaves Publications) â book review
Sue Forrester Familiar Phantoms book cover âFamiliar Phantomsâ are the ghosts that haunt us individually, sometimes a relative forgotten by others or memories that wonât let go or even things that âŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/familiar-phantoms-sue-forrester-five-leaves-publications-book-review/
27 days ago
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Pleased to see my copy of Acumen #114 with my poems "A Rhizomic Persuasion" and "Uses for Wing Mirrors".
28 days ago
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Pleased my copy of âZedâ from the AUIS (American University of Iraq, Sulaimani) arrived, âThis collection begins with Emma Leeâs âNestingâ which immediately addresses the unnatural way humans live their lives from the point of view of birds. The collection continues to showcaseâŠâ
about 1 month ago
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My review of Elizabeth Dunford's Balancing Act
@fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social
emmalee1.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/b...
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âBalancing Actâ Elizabeth Dunford (Five Leaves Publications) â book review
Elizabeth Dunford Balancing Act book cover Elizabeth Dunfordâs balancing act comes from being a carer for others at different life stages, for adult children, grandchildren and ageing parent while âŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/balancing-act-elizabeth-dunford-five-leaves-publications-book-review/
about 1 month ago
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Leicester Writers Club
about 1 month ago
The Subtle Art of Short Fiction hybrid event with panel of
@farhanashaikh.bsky.social
Mahsuda Snaith & Jonathan Taylor discussing short stories on Thursday 22 January from 7pm at Phoenix, 4 Midland St, Leicester LE1 1TG, details:
leicesterwritersclub.com/2026/01/02/t...
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The Subtle Art of Short Fiction â Club Event
For our next club event, we welcome Jonathan Taylor, Mahsuda Snaith and Farhana Shaikh for a panel discussion chaired by Siobhan Logan on Thursday 22nd January 2026, from 7-9pm at Phoenix Cinema anâŠ
https://leicesterwritersclub.com/2026/01/02/the-subtle-art-of-short-fiction-club-event/
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My 2025 in numbers: 47 individual poems, 12 poems for children, 3 stories, 53 reviews, 4 articles published/accepted and 3 poetry readings.
about 1 month ago
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How to win a themed poetry competition:
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How to Win a Themed Poetry Competition
I was judging the Harborough District Poetry and Prose Competitions to decide on the Junior Poet Laureate and Poet Laureate for the district for 2026 â 27 and have been invited back to judge the neâŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/how-to-win-a-themed-poetry-competition/
about 1 month ago
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Dave Bonta
about 2 months ago
This week in the poetry blogs w/
@kent-nj.bsky.social
@saudaminideo.bsky.social
@robmclennan.bsky.social
@linarvitvideopoet.bsky.social
@emmalee1.bsky.social
@jwikeley.bsky.social
@pearlpoet.bsky.social
@matriches.bsky.social
@beckyltuch.bsky.social
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www.vianegativa.us/2025/12/poet...
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 51
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
https://www.vianegativa.us/2025/12/poetry-blog-digest-2025-week-51/
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Delighted my poem âBricks (and annoying little brothers)â with audio is live on The Dirigible Balloon.
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Bricks-...
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Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children
Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children
https://dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Bricks-and-annoying-little-brothers
about 2 months ago
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Delighted my poem âThe Tiger who became friends with a Hedgehogâ with audio is live on The Dirigible Balloon.
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Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children
Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children
https://dirigibleballoon.org/poem/The-Tiger-who-became-friends-with-a-Hedgehog
about 2 months ago
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My review of Tara Singhâs Fragments
@fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social
emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/f...
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âFragmentsâ Tara Singh (Five Leaves Publications) â book review
Tara Singh Fragments book cover Tara Singhâs innovative poems explore the aftermath of (unspecified) trauma and the power imbalances, prejudices and other societal structures that act to silence viâŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/fragments-tara-singh-five-leaves-publications-book-review/
about 2 months ago
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Another great list of poetry blogs from
@davebonta.bsky.social
with thanks:
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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Another great list of curated poetry blogs:
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2 months ago
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My review of Caroline Stancer's Full Body Reclaim
@fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social
emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
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âFull Body Reclaimâ Caroline Stancer (Five Leaves Publications) â book review
Caroline Stancer Full Body Reclaim book cover âFull Body Reclaimâ explores the reclamation of an abused body, without going into detail about the abuse itself (which isnât necessary and is not for âŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/full-body-reclaim-caroline-stancer-five-leaves-publications-book-review/
2 months ago
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Dave Bonta
2 months ago
This week in the poetry blogs with
@victoriamoul.bsky.social
@robmclennan.bsky.social
@emmalee1.bsky.social
@kimmoorepoet.bsky.social
@kent-nj.bsky.social
@beckyltuch.bsky.social
@robin-gow-poet.bsky.social
@matriches.bsky.social
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 48
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
https://www.vianegativa.us/2025/12/poetry-blog-digest-2025-week-48/
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My review of Ramisha Kafique's The Postcolonial FlĂąneuse Five Leaves Publications
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âThe Postcolonial FlĂąneuseâ Ramisha Kafique (Five Leaves Publications) â book review
Ramisha Kafiqu Postcolonial FlĂąneuse book cover Ramisha Kafique updates the role of flĂąneuse to todayâs world, taking in streets and cafĂ©s both local and distant. In the process, she also subverts âŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/the-postcolonial-flaneuse-ramisha-kafique-five-leaves-publications-book-review/
2 months ago
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My review of Tony Challis's "Rainbow Candles"
@fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social
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âRainbow Candlesâ Tony Challis (Five Leaves Publications) â book review
Tony Challis Rainbow Candles book cover Tony Challis writes on his experience as a gay man, looking bad and forward but itâs not his sole focus and he plays with form: villanelles, sonnets, list poâŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/rainbow-candles-tony-challis-five-leaves-publications-book-review/
3 months ago
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My review of Julie Gardner's Remembering Five Leaves Publications:
emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/r...
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âRememberingâ Julie Gardner (Five Leaves Publications) â book review
Julie Gardner Remembering book cover âRememberingâ is an appropriate title for Julie Gardnerâs pamphlet which collects memorial poems for her mother and her late husband (including a couple from heâŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/remembering-julie-gardner-five-leaves-publications-book-review/
3 months ago
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Adam Berry
about 1 year ago
Today I was over in Scraptoft in Leicester, so took the opportunity to take my eldest daughter to the memorial I built in 2013 in memory of the 325th GIR, camped in Scraptoft from February 1944, and the 504th PIR, camped a few miles away in Evington from April 1944.
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More great poetry blogs to read/follow with thanks to
@davebonta.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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Reposting to boost:
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3 months ago
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My review of Julie Burke's Kindling from Five Leaves Publications
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âKindlingâ Julie Burke (Five Leaves Publications) â book review
Julie Burke Kindling book cover Kindling is the twigs you use to entice a fire to catch. It may also be a metaphor for childhood, which is where Julie Burkeâs poems start. They move on to adulthoodâŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/kindling-julie-burke-five-leaves-publications-book-review/
3 months ago
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Another great curated list with thanks to
@davebonta.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
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Remembrance Service War Memorial Homes at Scraptoft today
www.scraptoftparishcouncil.gov.uk/news/2025/11...
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Remembrance Service at the War Memorial Homes in Scraptoft
Councillors from Scraptoft Parish Council attended the Remembrance Day service, led by Father Martin Court of All Saints Church, Scraptoft, at the Memorial Homes on 8 November 2025. The service is org...
https://www.scraptoftparishcouncil.gov.uk/news/2025/11/remembrance-service-at-the-war-memorial-homes-in-scraptoft
3 months ago
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Sometimes getting a bunch of writers together is a fab idea (and not just because I was awarded with the Ena Young Poetry Award).
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3 months ago
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Embroidering Elizabeth Heyrick. How I created a cross-stitch of Elizabeth Heyrick's silhouette:
www.elizabethheyrick.org/news/embroid...
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Embroidering Elizabeth Heyrick
Only two silhouettes of Elizabeth Heyrick survive; one was recreated in cross-stitch.
https://www.elizabethheyrick.org/news/embroidering-elizabeth-heyrick
3 months ago
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Review Request etiquette:
emmalee1.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/h...
. Don't tag a reviewer publicly on social media: it's not just rude, it's a surefire way of getting rejected.
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How to approach a Reviewer
Iâve had a few review requests over the past few months. Most, but not all, followed my review guidelines so I thought Iâd give a few tips on how to approach a reviewer or editor to reqâŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/how-to-approach-a-reviewer/
3 months ago
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My review of Carrie Etter's Veer, Oscillate, Rest
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social
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âVeer, Oscillate, Restâ Carrie Etter (Shearsman Books) â book review
Carrie Etter Veer, Oscillate, Rest book cover âVeer, Oscillate, Restâ features Carrie Etterâs uncollected poems from 2008 to 2023 in one chapbook. Topics range from Trumpâs first presidency, BrexitâŠ
https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/veer-oscillate-rest-carrie-etter-shearsman-books-book-review/
3 months ago
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A fabulous list of poetry blogs with thanks to
@davebonta.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
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My review of Sarah James' "Darling Blue"
@indigodreamspub.bsky.social
emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/d...
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âDarling Blueâ Sarah James (Indigo Dreams Publishing) â book review
Sarah James Darling Blue book cover Joint winner of the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize in 2024, Sarah Jamesâ âDarling Blueâ, interweaves ekphrastic poems with a fictional poetry narrative of lâŠ
http://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/darling-blue-sarah-james-indigo-dreams-publishing-book-review/
4 months ago
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Delighted to receive Southlight issue 38 with 2 of my poems (first stanza of one in the image below):
4 months ago
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Emma Lee
Arachne Press
4 months ago
Our crowdfunder for Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance is live! This anthology of
#LGBTQ+
#poems
will be edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon (Hazard Press). Help get our tiger roaring! submissions (UK/RoI only) still open til 1st nov
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uproar-poems-of-queer-resistance
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
4 months ago
#PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera starts Friday. Write into overexposure. Lights too hot. Love as theatre. Fameâs funeral. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text. Sign up for prompts:
shorturl.at/0Xm7A
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The 1905 Shoemakersâ Walk is featured in the anthology âWelcome to Leicesterâ so good to see it featured in the Leicester Gazette.
www.leicester.news/the-1905-une...
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The 1905 unemployed march from Leicester to London
The 1905 march to London of the Leicester unemployed was one of the most momentous events in the history of the city's working class
https://www.leicester.news/the-1905-unemployed-march-from-leicester-to-london/
4 months ago
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Delighted to receive issue 101 of Poetry Scotland with my poem Skin was an uncomfortable to inhabit.
4 months ago
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Sad news:
www.koreaherald.com/article/1059...
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Baek Se-hee, author of 'I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki,' dies at 35
Baek Se-hee, the author of the bestselling memoir "I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki," has died at the age of 35. According to the Korea Organ Donation
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10595611
4 months ago
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Thanks to the team at The Pixel Project:
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4 months ago
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10 months ago
Elizabeth Heyrick (1769â1831) "Immediate not Gradual Abolition: Or, an Inquiry into the Shortest, Safest, and Most Effectual Means of Getting Rid of West Indian Slavery" Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838. Elizabeth Heyrick was a British Quaker abolitionist.
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Another curated list of poetry blogs:
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
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My poem up at Black Nore Review with thanks to the editor:
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4 months ago
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Delightful little grump, also known as Honey, celebrating 19 years with us by catching the autumn sun. Originally a rescue, she turns 21 this month.
4 months ago
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